Bios

An Arabic-language teacher and media personality who became the first Palestinian woman to work as a radio broadcaster

An epidemiologist, ethnographer, and institution builder who made foundational contributions to medicine and health care in Jerusalem and Palestine

A Jerusalemite jurist and lawyer who wrote widely on the status of Jerusalem and the Palestinian claim to Palestine

A prominent politician, lawyer, and journalist whose political views and activism led to his assassination during a turbulent time in Palestine’s history

A talented and dedicated engineer who devoted his life to institution building, Jerusalem, and the Palestinian national cause

A foremost authority on Palestinian land ownership before 1948 who provided future generations with crucial documentation on the Nakba and Palestinian refugees

A Palestinian Russian woman who worked for the British and Jordanian authorities, demanded political change, and established workshops for destitute women

A pioneering artist of landscape watercolors whose life spanned most of the 20th century and whose work explored “the vision of Jerusalem”

A pioneer of abstract painting whose art has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs throughout the world

A Palestinian historian and researcher who vividly documented the atrocities of the Sabra and Shatila massacre of 1982

A founder of the Palestinian nationalist movement; a devout, diplomatic, and popular leader who spent much of his career in exile

A professor of Islamic literature who returned to his birthplace, Jerusalem, after 25 years of exile to serve as the first president of Al-Quds University